Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-06
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aparouriafisn Of 500 fo< The exee1alen
81 TIE Shore Lac read % Ne sile .. ne
eneitaf, vas referred 30 TIE strseeuom
~ B.eon. from tbs Committee on
Ere AID Water, reported that CLANS
had been aabmifted foz the new hess
house Ia the Foarsh ward. bu1 no SSH
ranfe aocompanied Il. Mr.. Kelly re-
ported that fhe land company onereo
& cell 8 ios FOR the pnrpose cheap. 1ne
matter Was continued.
81. Kelly reported concerninz the
matter Of the memorial from sho gnam-
/ - az Counmerea for easahllnhina bpuga
! ia the hay. that the committee had con-
| ferred with CAPTAIN Mountford, Who
ADVISED them that 4 secondhand an
| choE 81 1000 pounds could be bonRht u
| San Francisco for seven cents per
nouud. and a necessary chain ~ foaf
/ eeufa Per pound. The clerk wae In
/ sfructed 10 anteR into correspondence
! looking 10 che purchase.
The Improvement Of q street from
12kh 10 18Th streets vas reported 90 Tar
progressed as 20 warrant the payment
81 Is per cent Of the oost, whioh was
aaihoFissd. The Improvement Of ID
street was reported complete and 81.
/ Heleus street about half done.
Mr.. Kelly reported that be had heard
/ that the contractor ia charge OF s..
Helena street M. ]. Wel1hr-had taken
Frenah leave this day; hed The town. 90
10 speak. and left the street work uniin-
ished.
The CITY Attorney announced that
the contractor was thousand or twelve
hundred dollars behind, and that in
that case the contractors bondsmen
would have 10 make up that difference.
He thcnQht there vas nothing 10 be
done under the peculiar provisions Of
the contract but for the city to 70 on
with the work itself, the Stree. Commits.
sioner having charge. Ifhhe bondsmen
desired, they might act with the Street
Commissioner. Tue cost OF the work
vac S2e6S. TIE work was 50 far pro-
crossed that 0na.third Of the som
might bedgaua upon Cor the payment
Of she laboTers only. that heing another
express provision Of this contract. The
claims for labor already amount 10
$500. A resolution that she city pro-
csed With The work was passed.
The work on ID street BY this con-
tractor bstWsea south Ninth and Digi-
sion avenue being oomplete, q resolution
was passed thai The matter be taken u
charge by the street. c0mmistoe and
they, upon being satisfied OF The cor
Eeotness Of the claims, should have
authority to settle theul. The street
committee was required 10 DO this SER
wee Win 81. Hslens aVenus claims also,
makinR g draft ap0n the fund Tor the
several elaine IN pro rata shares.
A resolution was adopted declaring al
intention 10 improve e strset from Tai
o0ma avanua 80 Soaih Twenty first
street: Tacoma avenue from Norih
Sixth stxeet to South Twenty hrst street.
and q street from Division avenue 70
South Eighteenth street, BY planting
trees on the east side OF said streets
within the limits specified according -
the provisions Of the recent shade tree
ordinance.
Mr.. Kelly reported ihat be had made
satisfactory experiments Ia crossing
walnut and other nut trees and thought
they would grow we'll. He suggested
that the city establish nursery 10 the
park for the growing Of treaa and
Thought they could thus b. secured for
the streets ct little cost.
A report vas read from the viewer
appointed to estimate the damaee 10
property from the extension Of streets
fhrouzh Bvrdis addition. The damage
vas estimated at S31 900 and The unsst-
Element OF titles resulting would pro
duoa such an ENHANCEMENT that Il was
deemed impracticable. TIL report vas
referred. The lay OF ByFd's addition
with relation 20 The streets proposed 70
be extended has been previously reoifed.
A resolution TO Improve street and
another requesting thel Northern Pacific
Railroad o., the only ebuktlng proper
81 owner within the defined Unite, 70
improve Pacific avenue from l7th 70 23rd
atereets, we're passed.
Ordinances providing for the work Of
prisoners; providing against digging
holes, DO, IN the streets and sidewalks
and allowing dangerous places 10 be un-
protected; re-establishing the grade Of
Yakima avenue, and amending the Nell
son Bennett franchise. were introduced
and read aFst time.
Nj. Bacon stated, with regard TO the
last named, that Il had bsen deeidsd 10
introduce this rs a new ordinance and
allow Il 20 take the regular course, 10
avoid the mistakes that arise from too
much haste, rather than revive and
amend the ordinance previously intro
duced. The Nixon franchise vas not
referred TO 10 anyway.
The ordinance No. 1913, for the sup
uFaaainu Of yica VAS Fafurnad wffho0k
She Mayors approval, on the ground
that Il embraced several different sub
ieota. and these we're not specified in
haad. Tue ordinance was drawn by q.
n. EastefdaY, Esq, during the abasnos
Of city attorney Carroll. Mr.. Carroll
read a lengthy epinisn going TO ahOw
that the oFdinancl would nok hnla